WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:10.180 So welcome everyone again, and I will leave the open floor mic to Michelle Robbins, Michelle Drennan, our alumni association director, and Jerome Placido. 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:19.955 From a historic perspective, I am the alumni, coordinator for the program, meaning that after a student graduates, I assist them in all manners. 00:00:20.015 --> 00:00:29.970 And I used to be in Michelle's role, as a master's in psychology representative, and Jerome was actually one of my very first students. 00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:40.610 So I'd like to start off by talking just a little bit or have Jerome just talk a little bit about what he did with his master's in psychology, and then we'll go into the slides. 00:00:41.835 --> 00:00:42.735 Thank you, Jerome. 00:00:43.115 --> 00:00:43.435 Yeah. 00:00:43.435 --> 00:00:43.915 Absolutely. 00:00:43.915 --> 00:00:45.135 Thanks for having me. 00:00:45.595 --> 00:00:46.395 Hello, everyone. 00:00:46.635 --> 00:00:49.215 Nice to have you on here tonight, and thanks for taking the time. 00:00:50.155 --> 00:01:03.830 So, yeah, my my experience overall with the, the master's, in psychology, the online program, I had approached it simply because I had became a people leader in my role. 00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:09.590 I'm normally, I studied to be a software engineer, and I found myself thrusted into a leadership position. 00:01:10.345 --> 00:01:15.565 And, you know, I had spent four years in college studying how to be a software engineer. 00:01:15.625 --> 00:01:21.645 I had spent five years in the industry, and I knew how to be a good individual contributor. 00:01:22.105 --> 00:01:26.100 But I didn't know how to lead people, at least in an effective way. 00:01:26.100 --> 00:01:31.400 Now, granted, there were some, you know, general principles that I followed. 00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:35.240 I had, you know, years of ministry experience that helped out a lot. 00:01:35.460 --> 00:01:40.675 But just trying to understand more deeply human behavior, having a stronger sense. 00:01:40.675 --> 00:01:42.115 I mean, I'm a software engineer, right? 00:01:42.115 --> 00:01:49.735 So a stronger sense of emotional intelligence, conflict resolution skills, being able to lead more effectively with empathy. 00:01:50.195 --> 00:01:51.555 And I was looking for all these things. 00:01:51.555 --> 00:01:57.740 And that's exactly what I found in that master's program that I attended at Divine Mercy University. 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:03.340 So after the program, what I found myself doing was mentoring a lot of other managers. 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:08.985 I actually got promoted during the program as a director. 00:02:08.985 --> 00:02:10.825 So I started managing managers as well. 00:02:10.825 --> 00:02:30.170 And I found myself coaching and mentoring a lot of these people leaders on how to lead with empathy, how to engage with your team with a little bit more of the the human side rather than just the business side, and ended up, you know, having, running programs in a big, you know, Fortune 500 company. 00:02:30.470 --> 00:02:33.510 I'm not gonna name names, but, Fortune 500 company. 00:02:33.510 --> 00:02:49.805 And I was and I was running workshops for for both people leaders but also technical staff engineers on how to lead, with some of the skills that I learned very concretely through the through the master's program. 00:02:50.345 --> 00:03:07.605 And, actually, my capstone, which I now consult for something similar, my capstone was around sort of the intersection of our faith, a good understanding of sort of human anthropology and what that looks like with good leadership in industry. 00:03:07.605 --> 00:03:16.665 And so I consult a lot around that and help people project manage and and and level up in their particular roles in different industries. 00:03:17.685 --> 00:03:18.185 Yeah. 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:20.260 Thank you, Jerome. 00:03:20.260 --> 00:03:29.940 And when we have oftentimes had an a student who was really a potential student who's really kind of wondering what direction to go just to have a conversation with Jerome. 00:03:29.940 --> 00:03:34.295 He's also on my alumni advisory board, and we really appreciate him as alumni. 00:03:34.295 --> 00:03:36.475 And, hopefully, some of you will become alumnis. 00:03:36.695 --> 00:03:43.035 So we're gonna let Michelle Robbins, who is the master's in psychology admissions representative, go through the slides. 00:03:43.655 --> 00:03:51.100 And so if you do have any questions of Jerome or any of us while we're on there, put them in the chat, and we won't close this out until we've answered all your questions. 00:03:51.100 --> 00:03:51.920 How's that? 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:52.780 Alright. 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:53.500 Hi, everybody. 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:54.800 I'm Michelle Robbins. 00:03:55.180 --> 00:04:01.120 I am one of the, admissions advisers for the masters of psychology program. 00:04:01.555 --> 00:04:06.915 My co partner, Charice Bennett, I hope I said her last name right. 00:04:06.915 --> 00:04:07.815 Bennett Bennett. 00:04:07.955 --> 00:04:08.855 Oh my goodness. 00:04:09.075 --> 00:04:10.995 She's gonna kill me when she hears this. 00:04:10.995 --> 00:04:12.675 But, she's she's away. 00:04:12.675 --> 00:04:16.135 Otherwise, she would be here, and we will both be presenting to you. 00:04:16.310 --> 00:04:22.950 So I'll leave her contact later on in the, chat as well so that you have two points of contact. 00:04:22.950 --> 00:04:24.950 And some of you may have already spoken with her. 00:04:24.950 --> 00:04:25.610 Who knows? 00:04:25.830 --> 00:04:30.795 But anyway, so, thanks for joining us, after a busy day. 00:04:30.955 --> 00:04:33.355 We appreciate that you're you're here with us. 00:04:33.355 --> 00:04:39.615 And like Michelle stated, this is definitely a very broad overview of the MSP program. 00:04:40.555 --> 00:05:00.335 I wanna let you know that if you have, more specific questions or maybe you just don't even wanna put them in the chat, you can always, reach out to, Charice or myself and we can, have a phone call with you, in private if you prefer to do it that way. 00:05:00.335 --> 00:05:12.670 We want you to feel very comfortable with the information that we're giving you and comfortable enough to ask the questions that you need, to make your very important decision. 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:18.330 And so, like it was already said, if you have questions, just please put them in the chat. 00:05:18.330 --> 00:05:25.885 And I know Michelle's gonna help me try to keep up multitasking with the technology, like a scary thing for me. 00:05:26.585 --> 00:05:31.005 So, anyway, we will get all those answered as we go along. 00:05:31.065 --> 00:05:31.565 Alright? 00:05:32.505 --> 00:05:34.285 So here we go. 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:40.820 I'm not gonna read everything verbatim, but I'm just going to point out a couple of things for you. 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:47.860 First thing here is that we were founded in 1999 and we are celebrating our twenty fifth anniversary. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:50.020 We are super excited about that. 00:05:51.975 --> 00:06:00.395 We are accredited by SACSCOC, which is the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. 00:06:00.455 --> 00:06:09.140 And basically, that just means that we meet the high educational standards and we can offer both masters and doctoral degrees. 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:21.060 We have agreements with, CHEVE and it's a regulatory agency and they approve our programs, in Virginia, which is where our campus is located. 00:06:21.685 --> 00:06:33.065 And the NC SARA, that one's important because it allows us to offer our online, courses across state lines and we don't need to get separate approvals from every state. 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:49.465 The mission of DMU, we were founded by a group of psychologists who wanted to, they wanted a more compassionate approach to psychology, the integrated faith and ethics. 00:06:49.685 --> 00:06:59.145 And so the goal is to make psychology, more accessible and help people flourish in their personal and professional lives. 00:07:00.245 --> 00:07:05.350 So stop me with any questions if you have though. 00:07:05.970 --> 00:07:06.470 Alright. 00:07:06.530 --> 00:07:12.550 So we're gonna move right into, what makes DMU unique. 00:07:13.250 --> 00:07:24.505 And, these are some of the highlights and, probably some of the highlights and what drew you, what drew your interest into our program in the first place. 00:07:25.365 --> 00:07:33.200 We are 100% online, so all of your classes and your books and your materials are fully accessible online. 00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:37.760 The program is designed with flexibility in mind. 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:41.660 The integration of faith, this is a big one. 00:07:42.460 --> 00:07:47.975 We integrate psychology with the Catholic Christian understanding of the human person. 00:07:49.475 --> 00:07:55.015 The focus is on combining the mind and spirit to foster healing. 00:07:56.115 --> 00:07:56.615 Okay. 00:07:57.075 --> 00:08:12.810 Another interesting thing is that we have a small student DMU maintains the small class size to promote strong relationships with professors and, your classmates. 00:08:13.605 --> 00:08:18.665 And so it ensures, a more personalized feedback and support. 00:08:20.085 --> 00:08:20.405 Alright. 00:08:20.405 --> 00:08:22.585 Did anybody have any questions so far? 00:08:25.365 --> 00:08:25.865 Alright. 00:08:27.845 --> 00:08:28.985 Moving right along. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:34.100 So some of the benefits of the masters in psychology program. 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.100 You can see some of these here. 00:08:38.880 --> 00:08:41.460 The deeper understanding of yourself and others. 00:08:41.680 --> 00:09:04.150 One interesting thing that I have, that I've heard, many students share with me is that the program itself was, kinda deeply cathartic for them, because it's it helps helped or is helping them work through personal challenges, or unresolved issues in their lives. 00:09:04.150 --> 00:09:16.845 And the reason this happens is because the program encourages not just academic learning, but internal you're internalizing the material on a personal level. 00:09:17.225 --> 00:09:21.485 And so it fosters both professional growth and personal healing. 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.820 I think that's pretty awesome actually. 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:30.780 There are three goals of the masters in psychology program. 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:37.340 The first one is understanding self and others and we refer to that as psychological literacy. 00:09:38.985 --> 00:09:42.205 The second one is personal and professional development. 00:09:42.585 --> 00:09:45.085 And the third are skills to promote flourishing. 00:09:45.545 --> 00:10:02.150 And you'll you'll hear hear that word often through your program, All throughout the university that word flourishing and, healing of the whole man, those are foundational for our university, for all of our programs. 00:10:06.095 --> 00:10:06.415 Okay. 00:10:06.415 --> 00:10:11.775 On this page, we are showing you what the foundational courses are. 00:10:11.775 --> 00:10:24.060 So we have six concentrations, but regardless whatever concentration you choose, and I'll show those to you in a moment, the foundational courses are the same. 00:10:25.880 --> 00:10:34.445 The differentiator between the concentrations will be in the electives because the electives are very specific to that concentration. 00:10:35.225 --> 00:10:36.665 So these are some of the classes. 00:10:38.505 --> 00:10:48.710 On the website you can get a deeper, view of the description of these classes, if anybody wants that link. 00:10:48.710 --> 00:10:50.170 I have links for everything. 00:10:50.470 --> 00:10:51.930 All you have to do is ask. 00:10:52.470 --> 00:10:55.850 But, the core classes they're pretty interesting. 00:10:57.030 --> 00:10:59.370 Like the helping people flourish. 00:11:00.325 --> 00:11:07.145 This one will focus on understanding people through a mix of psychology, faith, and ethics to help them thrive. 00:11:10.245 --> 00:11:18.430 I think the cognition, emotion, and motivation is the one I would like the best because it looks at how we think, feel, and what drives us to act. 00:11:18.430 --> 00:11:25.570 You know, those people in our lives, we wanna figure them out and you can that'll be a class that would help you with that. 00:11:25.790 --> 00:11:28.305 So, yeah. 00:11:28.305 --> 00:11:31.685 These are interesting. 00:11:34.225 --> 00:11:35.365 Pardon me a moment. 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:42.020 Bless you. 00:11:42.800 --> 00:11:43.520 I'm so sorry. 00:11:43.520 --> 00:11:48.420 I'm getting over the flu, and so I'm trying to stifle my, coughing here. 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:51.620 So I'm I'm I'm really sorry about that. 00:11:54.275 --> 00:11:54.755 Okay. 00:11:54.755 --> 00:11:59.095 So, also, if it's going a little too fast, let me know. 00:12:00.035 --> 00:12:03.895 I can send you some slides of things that you may wanna look at deeper. 00:12:05.235 --> 00:12:05.735 Okay. 00:12:06.180 --> 00:12:09.880 These are your six concentrations that we talked about. 00:12:11.540 --> 00:12:19.000 Marriage and fam family, human services, leadership, pre PhD, self design, and bioethics. 00:12:20.965 --> 00:12:21.465 Alright? 00:12:21.685 --> 00:12:25.785 And we will go a little bit more in-depth with each one. 00:12:26.725 --> 00:12:29.385 And, we'll start out with marriage and family. 00:12:30.565 --> 00:12:37.570 So like I said, all of these courses have the same eight foundation and thank you for the bless you, by the way, Jerome. 00:12:37.710 --> 00:12:43.810 I have the eight foundational courses, the difference being are the electives. 00:12:43.950 --> 00:12:52.115 And you can get a really good description of the course if you go to the website. 00:12:54.735 --> 00:13:07.860 The marriage and family, track, the focus is supporting couples and families in various settings like marriage preparation, relationship, education, and family life ministries. 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:17.060 So you can, give a shout out as well in the chat as to the ones that kind of caught your interest. 00:13:18.115 --> 00:13:22.535 We always like to know what people are are looking at and what they're thinking. 00:13:24.995 --> 00:13:25.495 Alright. 00:13:27.395 --> 00:13:31.160 Moving on to human services. 00:13:33.300 --> 00:13:40.360 So the focus on the human services track is, working in human needs settings. 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:43.400 It focuses on one on one interactions. 00:13:45.255 --> 00:13:58.715 The three electives here, the relationship and intervention skills, theory and application, personality, individual differences and intelligence and leading and facilitating groups. 00:14:00.690 --> 00:14:06.550 We have a couple of slides down, and I know that Michelle was going to discuss career opportunities. 00:14:06.850 --> 00:14:19.925 But some of the things you'll be looking at with this one, are human services, professionals, grief counselors, support roles in social services or immigration programs. 00:14:22.385 --> 00:14:27.365 Did anybody have any questions with with this concentration? 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:30.540 Michelle, were there any questions? 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.100 Oops. 00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:37.080 I'm guessing no. 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.580 Alright. 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.575 So we'll move on to the leadership track. 00:14:40.735 --> 00:14:43.455 And, leadership track going on there? 00:14:43.455 --> 00:14:43.855 I'm sorry. 00:14:43.855 --> 00:14:44.835 I couldn't get unmuted. 00:14:45.215 --> 00:14:49.395 Somebody asked about what about marriage and family counselor? 00:14:49.855 --> 00:14:52.335 So it's always a good time as we go through this. 00:14:52.335 --> 00:14:58.190 We are very oriented towards making sure that you kinda have an idea of what you wanna do afterwards. 00:14:58.250 --> 00:14:59.130 Some people don't. 00:14:59.130 --> 00:15:01.870 Jerome did not expect to go the direction that he went. 00:15:02.090 --> 00:15:07.470 However, what I do find is that people are surprised with the areas they can go into. 00:15:08.330 --> 00:15:10.650 Someone else earlier had said something about counseling. 00:15:10.650 --> 00:15:12.875 So I just wanna tell you the difference real quickly. 00:15:12.875 --> 00:15:14.895 So as we're looking through this, you'll know. 00:15:15.515 --> 00:15:21.695 A counselor is usually a person who is drawn to working with very broken people every day of their lives. 00:15:22.395 --> 00:15:28.540 And it is a very intense program whereas you are not fully online, you're, hybrid. 00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:34.200 You actually do, free trips to the campus in Sterling, Virginia over the course of it. 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:38.360 And, again, we wanna put put people in the right program that they wanna get into. 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:46.125 So if you, after today, looking at all this, feel like you do wanna compare it to counseling, you just tell one of the admissions reps and they'll let you know. 00:15:46.125 --> 00:15:53.550 But the real difference is is with master's in psychology, you are opening up a whole venue of opportunities. 00:15:53.610 --> 00:15:57.530 I actually printed off some of the ones where I put my people. 00:15:57.530 --> 00:16:01.710 We have three bishops that have come out of the master's in psychology program, which is amazing. 00:16:02.250 --> 00:16:06.795 We do have director of family life, for the diocese of matrician, self employed. 00:16:06.795 --> 00:16:07.855 We have nurses. 00:16:07.915 --> 00:16:08.815 We have teachers. 00:16:09.195 --> 00:16:18.155 We have people who are can do counseling in a non licensure way as far as some of the hospital and behavioral health and those kinds of things. 00:16:18.155 --> 00:16:26.330 So one of the things that I do, while you're in the program, it's very important that we kinda talk about what your long term goal is. 00:16:26.330 --> 00:16:31.310 But I will tell you that I get five or six job leads a week for all of our programs. 00:16:32.125 --> 00:16:36.925 We are so unique because we do the kind of education that we do. 00:16:36.925 --> 00:16:40.045 We study not just the psychology, ladies and gentlemen. 00:16:40.045 --> 00:16:41.425 We study the whole person. 00:16:41.645 --> 00:16:48.590 And so there are employers that only wanna hire our graduates because of the way the curriculum is delivered. 00:16:49.050 --> 00:16:54.490 So, I will tell you that you'd be very surprised of things that you're, able to get into. 00:16:54.490 --> 00:16:56.190 A lot of people are high up with diocesan. 00:16:56.410 --> 00:16:58.110 Some people work with Catholic charities. 00:16:58.570 --> 00:17:06.475 But as you go through this, you're gonna see some things that jump out at you, but we always wanna make sure that we're putting you in the correct career opportunity. 00:17:06.775 --> 00:17:20.690 And one thing that I do always tell people if they're a little bit on the fence of whether they do counseling or not, I believe it's five of our classes in the masters of psychology that do transfer over to counseling, and some people have done both because it shortens their time. 00:17:20.690 --> 00:17:22.230 So that's the thought there. 00:17:22.370 --> 00:17:22.690 Okay? 00:17:22.690 --> 00:17:25.670 So I'll hush up, and we'll continue on the slides for now. 00:17:26.850 --> 00:17:27.910 Thanks, Michelle. 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:29.190 I appreciate that. 00:17:30.475 --> 00:17:30.715 Yeah. 00:17:30.715 --> 00:17:43.870 It is more important to us that you are where your heart is leading you and where that's really gonna be the most important thing is to find your fit, find your people, so to speak. 00:17:43.870 --> 00:18:00.075 And I'll piggyback on, what Michelle said about the, the licensure, which is the masters in counseling degree versus hours is that, you can still counsel with this degree. 00:18:00.315 --> 00:18:02.655 There are there's there's a difference. 00:18:03.275 --> 00:18:14.470 You can't diagnose, mental health conditions, offer, psychotherapy or provide clinical interventions, in a licensed setting. 00:18:14.850 --> 00:18:23.510 But I mean, there's so many things that you can do with this degree and that's why you really need to stop and ask yourself where you want to be. 00:18:24.115 --> 00:18:26.615 That's gonna be an important question. 00:18:27.795 --> 00:18:44.210 You can you can work in roles like coaching and mentoring and providing guidance in nonclinical settings, faith based counseling, spiritual direction, pastoral counseling, support groups, community outreach programs. 00:18:44.210 --> 00:18:45.810 There are so many things. 00:18:45.810 --> 00:18:58.515 And like I said, a few pages down there are, just slides to describe some of the areas that you could look at that might surprise you, like Michelle noted. 00:18:59.935 --> 00:19:00.435 Alright. 00:19:01.135 --> 00:19:04.770 We left off at, let me think. 00:19:04.770 --> 00:19:06.230 Where did we leave off? 00:19:07.730 --> 00:19:11.350 We talked about marriage and counseling and human services. 00:19:11.490 --> 00:19:13.910 I think we are we were at leadership. 00:19:14.450 --> 00:19:14.950 Right? 00:19:16.450 --> 00:19:19.010 I'm gonna imagine you all are shaking your head. 00:19:19.010 --> 00:19:19.510 Yes. 00:19:19.865 --> 00:19:20.365 Okay. 00:19:20.945 --> 00:19:22.525 So leadership. 00:19:26.265 --> 00:19:27.725 That's where we left off. 00:19:27.945 --> 00:19:28.445 Okay. 00:19:29.305 --> 00:19:35.700 So, the pre PhD concentration. 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:48.640 Now if you are looking to further your education down the road, into a PhD program, which we have to, you might wanna look at this one. 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.335 It is research intense. 00:19:51.475 --> 00:19:53.335 It's it's very intense program. 00:19:54.595 --> 00:19:57.415 A thesis requirement, you have that. 00:19:58.115 --> 00:20:02.295 It's going to prepare you for research and doctoral level studies. 00:20:02.355 --> 00:20:05.760 That's what this this concentration is all about. 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:21.715 I can talk more about this or if you want more information, more detailed information, I can send that to you if you let me know who you are, and I will send that to you in an email. 00:20:24.175 --> 00:20:24.675 Okay. 00:20:24.815 --> 00:20:25.715 Self design. 00:20:25.855 --> 00:20:31.215 This is an interesting one because you are in the driver's seat. 00:20:31.215 --> 00:20:38.690 So like I said, you have the same eight foundation courses, the difference being are the electives. 00:20:38.750 --> 00:20:48.805 So say you're torn between marriage and family and leadership, you could choose your own electives in in this concentration. 00:20:49.025 --> 00:20:50.945 So you have three of them. 00:20:50.945 --> 00:20:59.765 So there are three columns here and you can see you could pick one from each and kind of tailor it to what you really wanna study. 00:21:00.610 --> 00:21:03.750 So, you can do a little of this and a little of that. 00:21:05.090 --> 00:21:08.390 It's just a nice option if you're sort of undecided. 00:21:10.610 --> 00:21:12.470 And finally, bioethics. 00:21:14.315 --> 00:21:23.295 The bioethics concentration is, the focus on this one is, the ethical decision making in health care settings. 00:21:24.715 --> 00:21:31.630 We partner up with the National Catholic Bioethics Center for part of this concentration. 00:21:32.730 --> 00:21:49.885 And it's designed for people like health care workers, mental health professionals, chaplains, anybody who helps navigate tough ethical decisions, that's what this concentration is really about. 00:21:49.885 --> 00:21:52.145 Did anybody have any questions about that? 00:21:53.805 --> 00:21:54.865 The bioethics. 00:21:57.430 --> 00:21:57.930 Okay. 00:21:59.670 --> 00:22:06.090 So, right now, we're gonna talk about the learning experience. 00:22:06.310 --> 00:22:06.810 Whoopsie. 00:22:06.950 --> 00:22:08.090 It's very touchy. 00:22:08.870 --> 00:22:09.270 Okay. 00:22:09.270 --> 00:22:10.335 The learning experience. 00:22:10.335 --> 00:22:12.995 We already talked about that it's 100% online. 00:22:14.655 --> 00:22:17.855 We have great support for you. 00:22:17.855 --> 00:22:22.195 We have the twenty four seven tutors and librarians that are available. 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:28.440 We have a writing center, for writing support. 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:42.435 We have, we work with APA academic writer or academic, and so we have the the academic writer, sorry, where you upload your paper and you can get help with the citations and formatting. 00:22:42.895 --> 00:22:44.815 We use canvas as our platform. 00:22:44.815 --> 00:22:52.675 I don't know if anybody has any familiarity with, platforms, but that's what we use. 00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:54.920 It's very easy to use. 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.780 Okay? 00:22:57.780 --> 00:22:58.280 Okay. 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:01.560 If I'm going too fast, I'm sorry. 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.640 Alright. 00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:12.125 Now the I promised you a couple of, pages on career opportunities and Michelle might wanna jump in. 00:23:12.585 --> 00:23:22.685 But, we just kind of wanted to show with this one the diversity of the different areas that you can get into. 00:23:24.550 --> 00:23:28.970 It's just such a broad range of areas that you could use your degree for. 00:23:30.150 --> 00:23:31.670 I will make a couple of comments. 00:23:31.670 --> 00:23:37.930 One is the the versatility of the areas that you can go on into are amazing. 00:23:38.495 --> 00:23:42.575 I guess I've been in admissions most of my life, and I love being in alumni relations. 00:23:42.575 --> 00:23:51.935 But our main goal is that when you graduate from whatever program you choose, you find something that you literally love to get out of bed and go to every day. 00:23:51.935 --> 00:24:01.840 Because the kind of education that we have, you figure out really quickly that you start to flourish and you have an opportunity not just to be about you, but all the people around you. 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:08.425 So when you see some of these job descriptions, and I love the way this is it's a better slide than it used to be when I was in an MSP. 00:24:09.045 --> 00:24:15.205 When you look at the fact that you're from social mental health, you can do everything from being caseworker to grief and loss counselor. 00:24:15.205 --> 00:24:20.825 Again, these are not licensed, but they are very needed in hospitals and rehab places. 00:24:21.125 --> 00:24:25.700 And And then as far as the human resources, you know, we have to find good people. 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:27.160 We have to have good training. 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:34.280 We have so many people that work in the systems with jail and program managers in voc rehab. 00:24:34.875 --> 00:24:37.035 Ministry, obviously, is a big one for us. 00:24:37.035 --> 00:24:47.595 We do have people who work in parishes, who work for Catholic charities, who do marriage preparations, and maybe you're a catechist because the priests are so overloaded these days, they need this kind of assistance. 00:24:47.595 --> 00:24:53.748 And And a lot of times, they may even have money to help you above and beyond these scholarships that we can offer. 00:24:53.748 --> 00:25:06.625 And then from an education standpoint, a lot of people come into our program because teachers oftentimes, when they get their masters in psychology or their masters in anything, they have an opportunity to go up the ladder as far as having an opportunity to make more money. 00:25:06.925 --> 00:25:10.545 And then we have actually hired some of our graduates as admissions representatives. 00:25:10.925 --> 00:25:12.605 They they love Divine Mercy. 00:25:12.605 --> 00:25:19.510 They like the way we do things, and they liked it so well they came back and they're teaching and, and doing admissions as well. 00:25:19.510 --> 00:25:24.870 So that's a really nice quick overview of some of the opportunities plus the ones that I read for you. 00:25:24.870 --> 00:25:32.250 And, even though I'm not in admissions anymore, a lot of times I will talk to potential students, so I will always help to guide you. 00:25:32.715 --> 00:25:46.175 I've helped with resumes for students as well as is, doing some mock interviewing because you'll find that, everybody goes out of here and they either have get the job while they're in here, they get promoted, and that's what the exciting thing is about a master's degree. 00:25:46.395 --> 00:25:47.515 I'll let you take it back. 00:25:47.515 --> 00:25:48.415 Thanks, Michelle. 00:25:58.130 --> 00:25:59.190 Michelle, you're muted. 00:26:01.905 --> 00:26:02.225 Darn. 00:26:02.225 --> 00:26:03.905 I promised myself I would That's okay. 00:26:03.905 --> 00:26:06.145 I I think, it'll be the next slide. 00:26:06.145 --> 00:26:10.545 The next slide also has, more career things, I think, but you can discuss. 00:26:10.545 --> 00:26:11.205 It does. 00:26:11.585 --> 00:26:18.680 I was just wondering if anybody saw anything in any of these, groups that was a surprise to them. 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:22.540 Like, just recently I realized the criminal profiling. 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:24.860 I thought that was pretty darn interesting. 00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:38.405 Again, if anybody would like any of the slides, I can send that so that you can kind of look at it at your own pace if you wanted to. 00:26:39.985 --> 00:26:40.485 Alright. 00:26:40.865 --> 00:26:47.930 So here we're emphasizing careers within health care and mental health settings. 00:26:49.030 --> 00:26:55.210 Direct patient care, support and managing, social and emotional challenges. 00:26:56.265 --> 00:26:58.925 So case management, health care partnerships. 00:27:02.265 --> 00:27:02.765 Okay. 00:27:03.545 --> 00:27:09.170 And then finally, this is my final slide on career opportunities. 00:27:09.790 --> 00:27:14.050 But I wanted to highlight the corporate and organizational careers. 00:27:14.110 --> 00:27:16.210 You could use your degree even there. 00:27:16.750 --> 00:27:18.850 Say you're already working somewhere. 00:27:19.870 --> 00:27:28.535 They have opportunities and needs even within these corporations for leadership roles and marketing and communication. 00:27:29.715 --> 00:27:35.740 So there we go. 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.700 Alrighty. 00:27:40.280 --> 00:27:44.120 Now we're gonna get into the nitty nitty gritty here a little bit for you. 00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:50.375 Probably what you all have been waiting for is, some of the basic information. 00:27:51.395 --> 00:27:51.795 Okay. 00:27:51.795 --> 00:27:59.895 So here are, as far as, still January 2025, our direct cost tuition and fees. 00:28:00.995 --> 00:28:03.075 So pardon me a moment. 00:28:03.075 --> 00:28:04.260 I'll let you take a peek. 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.120 Okay. 00:28:11.780 --> 00:28:18.440 At the technology fee is, this will cover things like online platform access and tech support. 00:28:19.655 --> 00:28:24.395 This is tacked on, to $50 per class. 00:28:24.695 --> 00:28:31.835 It is a 33 credit program, breaks down to eleven eleven courses. 00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.360 You do have a residency. 00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.440 It is, one time. 00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:42.480 It is in the seventh week of your classes and it is online, so you don't even have to show up. 00:28:43.900 --> 00:29:01.340 It's two days and, the purpose of that is to build an online learning community and introduce the students to, DMUs, integrative approach to psychology and develop relational skills for diverse work and ministry settings. 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:08.880 You know, basically, you will meet your cohort and your professors, and I understand it's a really lovely time. 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.640 Alright. 00:29:11.435 --> 00:29:12.875 Are there any questions here? 00:29:12.875 --> 00:29:19.615 I know this is the section that people get a little nervous on, and we don't want you to be. 00:29:20.955 --> 00:29:25.375 There are ways to handle your education cost. 00:29:26.090 --> 00:29:38.830 And, DMU really does a good job of financial aid, does a good job of working with you to figure out how how to work your education. 00:29:42.235 --> 00:29:50.335 So we are an accredited college, and so we're a university, so we do have the federal student aid available. 00:29:51.835 --> 00:29:54.280 Things like you might wanna check with your employer. 00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:57.080 They may have employer tuition available. 00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:59.480 These are just some ideas. 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.220 We are Yellow Ribbon School. 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:05.000 I think Natalia had mentioned that, in the beginning. 00:30:06.215 --> 00:30:13.815 We have the GI Bill and we as, a university have our own scholarships and grants. 00:30:13.815 --> 00:30:17.195 Now they are listed, on the website. 00:30:17.255 --> 00:30:24.270 I do have an informational sheet that I put together myself because you get certain questions that that come around a lot, and that's one of them. 00:30:24.270 --> 00:30:31.330 So if anybody would like that, just, let me know in the chat, and I'll send that to you afterwards. 00:30:32.910 --> 00:30:47.075 Also, if you belong to, a diocese or a Catholic church, somebody did mention, it might have been Michelle, that you have things available to you that you may not know about. 00:30:47.520 --> 00:30:55.860 There are a lot of opportunities for, for your your Catholic church, for education purposes. 00:30:56.880 --> 00:31:01.460 And then we also have, whoopsie, our our cash plans. 00:31:01.520 --> 00:31:09.665 So these are interest free, and you can think of it like, like a car payment. 00:31:09.965 --> 00:31:13.505 So you're you're paying as you go, breaks it up. 00:31:13.565 --> 00:31:25.710 And financial aid, when you go in through the process of the I'm losing my mind here. 00:31:26.010 --> 00:31:33.755 The when you go in through the application process, you will be set up with a meeting with financial aid, and they they are really good. 00:31:33.895 --> 00:31:41.275 And they'll help you through all of the questions in that process and, put you at ease a little bit. 00:31:42.375 --> 00:31:42.775 Alright. 00:31:42.775 --> 00:31:45.675 Did anybody have any questions with this part? 00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.560 No? 00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.060 Okay. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:59.620 We did say that we would talk about the two different options to work through the program. 00:32:01.045 --> 00:32:03.945 There is the sixteen month and the twenty six month. 00:32:04.725 --> 00:32:07.365 The twenty six month is kind of like your scenic route. 00:32:07.365 --> 00:32:16.530 So in just over two years you could have your degree or you could maybe want to get through it because you want to use your degree. 00:32:16.990 --> 00:32:22.530 You wanna get through it and do the work right away, so that would be your fast track option. 00:32:23.310 --> 00:32:27.745 So the differences between them, obviously there's a reduction in your tuition. 00:32:29.725 --> 00:32:36.225 Secondly it's it's the work really, and this is a question another question you're gonna want to ask yourself. 00:32:36.285 --> 00:32:42.960 And you're gonna wanna ask how much time you have to devote to your coursework. 00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:45.600 And that's really what it boils down to. 00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:57.605 With the sixteen month track, you're looking at taking two classes per well, let me back up a little bit. 00:32:57.605 --> 00:33:01.865 So we start in spring, summer, and fall. 00:33:02.245 --> 00:33:02.645 Alright? 00:33:02.645 --> 00:33:07.705 And each the spring and the fall term both have two eight week periods. 00:33:08.570 --> 00:33:12.110 So in each of those eight week periods, you'll be taking two classes. 00:33:12.250 --> 00:33:20.970 So if you took the sixteen month track, that would mean you're taking four classes in that term in the spring and in the fall. 00:33:20.970 --> 00:33:26.465 The summer is an abbreviated session, so you're taking one class regardless. 00:33:27.245 --> 00:33:36.945 So you you just have to you have to figure how much time you wanna devote or that you have available to devote to coursework. 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:48.500 The sixteen month track, you're looking at about fifteen to twenty hours, per Michelle, help me out. 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.620 I'm losing my mind. 00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:55.675 My my thought process is, I think what we wanna always say is Yeah. 00:33:55.675 --> 00:33:57.035 I don't wanna confuse anybody. 00:33:57.355 --> 00:34:00.415 To have your time allotted to say, okay. 00:34:00.635 --> 00:34:09.920 If I'm the kind of person that can do this degree, I have probably make sure if I have children that my husband's gonna be able to watch them or vice versa. 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:19.025 So I would say if you're going through the program and you're taking just one class at a time, you're probably gonna need, I would say, about fifteen to twenty hours a week. 00:34:19.025 --> 00:34:20.225 It's very much writing. 00:34:20.225 --> 00:34:22.865 It's also reading posts, all of those kinds of things. 00:34:22.865 --> 00:34:25.425 And I think Jerome will shake his head and see if that's about right. 00:34:25.425 --> 00:34:25.745 Yeah. 00:34:25.745 --> 00:34:34.170 So the fast track, you might be looking a little bit more twenty five hours a week or twenty eight hours a week. 00:34:34.310 --> 00:34:35.450 Everybody's different. 00:34:36.230 --> 00:34:38.870 Some people, you know, take longer to write a paper. 00:34:38.870 --> 00:34:40.150 Our papers are not long. 00:34:40.150 --> 00:34:43.450 They're not, like, huge, you know, many, many, many words. 00:34:43.670 --> 00:34:46.055 They're very succinct, very definitive. 00:34:46.435 --> 00:34:47.235 You do post. 00:34:47.235 --> 00:34:49.255 You talk online with other students. 00:34:49.635 --> 00:34:54.855 But you do have timelines as far as when things are due like in any other educational opportunity. 00:34:55.235 --> 00:34:57.575 But you'll find a whole lot of support. 00:34:58.290 --> 00:35:03.970 And our I think the other thing that's exciting is you have an orientation prior to starting the classes. 00:35:03.970 --> 00:35:09.430 So you kinda jump right in there and swim, and you feel very confident about using Canvas. 00:35:09.970 --> 00:35:19.615 Maybe, Jara, you can set a little bit of light on how you how you really measured your time and how you were able to do it because you were always working. 00:35:19.615 --> 00:35:20.255 You had a child. 00:35:20.255 --> 00:35:20.755 Yes. 00:35:21.215 --> 00:35:23.715 So give us a little insight into that real quick. 00:35:23.775 --> 00:35:24.095 Yeah. 00:35:24.095 --> 00:35:29.970 I mean, one of the main reasons I I I signed up was because I had sort of a plethora of spare time. 00:35:29.970 --> 00:35:34.290 But in the middle of my program, my wife and I actually found out we were pregnant. 00:35:34.290 --> 00:35:41.910 And then suddenly, I went from, like, having a plethora of spare time to taking care of a small human being and switching into a whole new role. 00:35:42.885 --> 00:35:47.205 But I I like the way that, Michelle I don't know if you're one or two. 00:35:47.205 --> 00:35:48.105 Michelle Robbins. 00:35:49.285 --> 00:35:51.445 Michelle Robbins said it definitely is the scenic route. 00:35:51.445 --> 00:35:51.605 Right? 00:35:51.605 --> 00:35:53.845 Like, there I had I had time to ingest. 00:35:53.845 --> 00:35:54.965 There's a lot of reading. 00:35:54.965 --> 00:35:56.760 We we can't ignore that. 00:35:56.840 --> 00:36:01.000 There there there was some writing, but it was the scenic route. 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.840 I got to ingest a lot of the materials. 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:08.700 I took a lot of that material with me and really, like, dove deeper into the other references. 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:13.925 But I would say, you know, fifteen to twenty hours, Michelle, is is is a good estimation. 00:36:14.385 --> 00:36:21.845 And it's, it's doable, but it does require you know, because it's an online program, it requires a higher level of discipline. 00:36:22.070 --> 00:36:26.570 But that discipline I found reinforced by my cohort and the camaraderie that we shared together. 00:36:26.870 --> 00:36:29.370 So it was it was easy to stay on top of it. 00:36:31.190 --> 00:36:33.990 Thank you so much for for sharing that. 00:36:33.990 --> 00:36:35.290 That is super helpful. 00:36:36.390 --> 00:36:36.890 Yeah. 00:36:38.455 --> 00:36:40.875 Did anybody have any questions about this? 00:36:42.055 --> 00:36:43.835 It's really a personal choice. 00:36:43.975 --> 00:36:46.215 So I I think that's a good question. 00:36:46.215 --> 00:36:47.915 I think Paul's looking for a clarification. 00:36:48.055 --> 00:36:50.055 Like, is it, classes at night? 00:36:50.055 --> 00:36:52.775 Is it, work around like, your work hours? 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:57.440 I don't know what's changed, so maybe you wanna Well, you know, I have this question. 00:36:57.600 --> 00:36:59.040 Time of the day, can't you, Michelle? 00:36:59.040 --> 00:36:59.520 Anytime. 00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:00.020 Anytime. 00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.480 No. 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:02.320 I'm one of those people, but I'm a farm girl. 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:05.120 I can do more from six in the morning until nine. 00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:06.580 Most people can't all day. 00:37:06.885 --> 00:37:10.005 So the nice thing is you you can go to class anywhere. 00:37:10.005 --> 00:37:13.705 I've I used to put a couple of priests in, and they had to go on retreats. 00:37:13.925 --> 00:37:14.325 Yeah. 00:37:14.325 --> 00:37:15.605 They said, how can I do this? 00:37:15.605 --> 00:37:18.105 And I said, well, are you gonna have Internet at home? 00:37:18.565 --> 00:37:19.225 Well, yeah. 00:37:19.550 --> 00:37:27.410 And so it was really funny because they were going on a, a trip, and it was a couple of his gentlemen he'd been in seminary with. 00:37:27.550 --> 00:37:28.990 And he said, you're right. 00:37:28.990 --> 00:37:32.450 It worked out just perfect because then they wanted to know about my courses. 00:37:32.895 --> 00:37:38.175 So as long as you've got Internet and you've got a computer, you can go to school anywhere you want, anytime of day. 00:37:38.175 --> 00:37:44.095 And I think if there's one thing that people really love more than anything about the way we structure the degree, it's for that. 00:37:44.095 --> 00:37:45.055 And you have holidays. 00:37:45.055 --> 00:37:46.975 You have great holidays that you get off. 00:37:46.975 --> 00:37:50.310 You know, we're in this in the factoids of, hey. 00:37:50.310 --> 00:37:55.590 You get a week, you know, many times after that eight week class is over and you could breathe and we want you to. 00:37:55.590 --> 00:38:02.310 We have nice breaks of Thanksgiving and Christmas because we celebrate, you know, the beauty of our seasons because we're faithful. 00:38:02.310 --> 00:38:08.795 And so it's one of those things that I'm not gonna say it goes fast, but it moves right along. 00:38:09.115 --> 00:38:10.315 Trish just had a question. 00:38:10.315 --> 00:38:13.515 Is the learning material mostly reading or videos or recorded lectures? 00:38:13.515 --> 00:38:15.615 It's actually a little bit of all of that. 00:38:15.755 --> 00:38:16.255 Mhmm. 00:38:17.410 --> 00:38:27.570 And Jerome mentioned a capstone, and we feel so strongly about your capstone that we actually put the title of your capstone in the graduation program. 00:38:27.570 --> 00:38:31.990 And it is just absolutely amazing, the titles to these. 00:38:32.335 --> 00:38:42.115 And it's not like a a big dissertation like you would have a a degree that's a PhD or something like that, but it's really talking about something that you have a real passion for. 00:38:42.575 --> 00:38:45.215 I'll give you one example, and I'll turn it back over to Michelle. 00:38:45.215 --> 00:38:58.250 We actually had a priest, and he still does it, in, New York, and he wrote something regarding the sacrament of baptism as his, and the importance of it to a child in his, capstone. 00:38:58.630 --> 00:39:04.645 And the whole diocese adopted the process of what he did with baptism of children. 00:39:05.025 --> 00:39:08.945 And, you know, that's just one of many stories of the the great graduates that we have out. 00:39:08.945 --> 00:39:12.705 I tried to retire, but I still love this so much that I have passion for it. 00:39:12.705 --> 00:39:16.885 So, Patrick asked how often does each class meet? 00:39:17.520 --> 00:39:20.000 You do have I'm gonna let Jerome answer that. 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.920 You know how that works better than I do. 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.400 Go ahead. 00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.640 Yeah. 00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:22.880 Yeah. 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:25.940 And it it just for clarity, it may may have changed. 00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:32.795 I think that, the the professors have a little bit of leeway of of when to have live courses or not or live meetings. 00:39:33.095 --> 00:39:38.135 That said, I think 99.9% of it was what I would refer to as asynchronous, right? 00:39:38.135 --> 00:39:40.875 Those the reading material, the video, the recorded lectures. 00:39:41.335 --> 00:39:51.350 And there were times that either the professor would have a sort of group discussion with everyone involved. 00:39:51.410 --> 00:39:52.710 That becomes a little tricky. 00:39:53.090 --> 00:39:57.865 For example, two or three of my cohort were in Africa, right? 00:39:57.865 --> 00:39:59.205 It's a completely different continent. 00:39:59.345 --> 00:40:02.305 One of the priests at the time was in Jerusalem, right? 00:40:02.305 --> 00:40:04.465 And so it becomes a little tricky. 00:40:04.465 --> 00:40:07.185 And that's sort of why the format is the way it is. 00:40:07.185 --> 00:40:13.365 It's asynchronous to be able to accommodate the variety of time zones that are in any given cohort. 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:18.240 But that said, just for everyone here, there's a beauty to that. 00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:24.320 Because when I listen to the recorded lectures, Canvas does this really cool thing when you can listen to like 1.5. 00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:27.675 So I could listen to like a thirty minute lecture while I'm driving to work. 00:40:28.155 --> 00:40:28.655 Right? 00:40:28.875 --> 00:40:38.875 And it's it turned that thirty minute lecture into, like, twenty two minutes, and I would have consumed everything that I needed to so that I could write my my my, assignment for the week. 00:40:38.875 --> 00:40:46.600 So there's plenty of creative ways to sort of make sure that you do the work, that you're faithful to what you're supposed to be learning, but also having fun with it. 00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.820 Yeah. 00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:50.020 Thank you so much. 00:40:50.020 --> 00:40:56.360 Your insights are fantastic and probably exactly what everybody needs to hear since you've been through this. 00:40:57.935 --> 00:40:58.335 Yeah. 00:40:58.335 --> 00:41:00.195 It it works with your life. 00:41:01.295 --> 00:41:03.395 Wherever you are, your class work is. 00:41:03.615 --> 00:41:15.260 So you could be on vacation, download what you need before, you know, if you don't have Internet, you can download your work, and then get your reading done and then work on discussion boards. 00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:21.840 There are ways through it and you have an academic advisor and your cohort. 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:26.325 You're probably most likely going to lean on your cohort a lot. 00:41:27.205 --> 00:41:32.585 You're all working through this together and you'll get a lot of tips and ideas just like Jerome was sharing. 00:41:34.245 --> 00:41:34.745 Okay. 00:41:36.005 --> 00:41:43.930 So you've made it this far and now's where I'm going to talk to you about the admissions requirements. 00:41:44.230 --> 00:41:47.130 So you should decide to move forward. 00:41:48.950 --> 00:41:55.995 A lot of people come in with the idea that you need to have a degree that's affiliated with psychology, but you don't. 00:41:56.455 --> 00:42:03.415 What you do need is a bachelor's degree and you want to make sure you have, a 2.5 GPA, that's the minimum. 00:42:03.415 --> 00:42:08.520 But if you want to be competitive, you want at least like a 2.75. 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:16.840 A resume, so much like you would submit to a potential job opportunity, you'll need a resume. 00:42:17.865 --> 00:42:22.445 Personal statement which is 500 word, one one page. 00:42:22.505 --> 00:42:35.480 Basically you're going to, think of it like a cover letter for for your resume. 00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:49.305 You want to this is where you shine, and you talk about what brought you to this point, why you're interested in in moving through with this, and what it means to you. 00:42:49.445 --> 00:42:56.585 So, we can give you more information if you need specifics, but it's basically that. 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:04.820 The thing that I want to highlight here are the two letters of recommendation. 00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:08.020 First of all, they are not letters of recommendation. 00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:14.305 They're I changed the wording a little bit because that sounds, sounds like a lot. 00:43:14.305 --> 00:43:17.205 But two recommendation requests basically. 00:43:17.345 --> 00:43:22.645 As you're moving through your application, you'll get to this point and it's a hyperlink. 00:43:23.105 --> 00:43:34.620 And what you're gonna do is you wanna send that to a couple of people that know you well, that can speak to your character and your work ethic and all the great things about you. 00:43:34.680 --> 00:43:41.705 And, it's basically going to be like a survey type of a thing. 00:43:42.085 --> 00:43:47.625 There are places where they can insert comments in there, but it's not it's not like a letter. 00:43:48.165 --> 00:43:49.305 So it's not overwhelming. 00:43:50.965 --> 00:43:58.100 Here's my recommendation to you though, is that you should have at least five or six people lined up. 00:43:58.100 --> 00:44:00.600 Now we have on there too. 00:44:01.540 --> 00:44:06.840 I would line up more people and here's why I've had this happen and it's crushing. 00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:13.085 You can get through your process, your application, and you're ready to go and classes are going to start. 00:44:13.545 --> 00:44:21.645 And for some reason, one of your recommenders didn't check their email or maybe they went on vacation or maybe they're just completely bombarded. 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:26.740 And they may not get to your your, your recommendation. 00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:29.220 And so that will hold you up. 00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:35.205 And you kinda just want to you don't wanna be held up. 00:44:35.205 --> 00:44:36.405 You don't wanna get behind. 00:44:36.405 --> 00:44:38.725 So it's it is important to get those in. 00:44:38.725 --> 00:44:44.345 And so the recommendation here is to have at least five or six people lined up. 00:44:44.645 --> 00:44:53.520 And should all of your people come back with a recommendation, a glowing recommendation, we'll pick the best ones and we'll upload those into your application. 00:44:54.860 --> 00:45:02.800 You're gonna talk to you're going to want to ask, a professor or teacher previous. 00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:09.195 You can you can ask a colleague, community leader, your supervisor at work. 00:45:09.495 --> 00:45:12.475 Just people that know you well can sing your praises. 00:45:13.095 --> 00:45:13.575 Okay? 00:45:13.575 --> 00:45:24.340 So, that's important And you will not remember, I'm sure, because I I have told people this and then, it happened. 00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:29.840 They didn't get their letter of recommendation in on time, and it just creates a little bit of chaos. 00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:35.945 It's not it's not impossible, but, just to make things flow a little bit better. 00:45:35.945 --> 00:45:39.645 You just wanna make sure that you get those in. 00:45:39.945 --> 00:45:40.445 Alright? 00:45:42.425 --> 00:45:55.690 Because you sat through this presentation, and should you move forward with your application, we are going to waive the, it's $55 application fee. 00:45:55.830 --> 00:46:00.245 So I have a code, and, we can post that in chat. 00:46:01.025 --> 00:46:01.525 Alright. 00:46:02.305 --> 00:46:03.665 Please reach out. 00:46:03.665 --> 00:46:07.925 If you have any questions throughout this process, please reach out. 00:46:09.425 --> 00:46:10.805 That's what we're here for. 00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:12.700 We're here to help you. 00:46:13.640 --> 00:46:25.180 And so this brings us finally to four questions, and I know Michelle might want to say something about this. 00:46:28.015 --> 00:46:37.315 But these four questions you should, you know, consider and, really prayerfully consider them. 00:46:39.615 --> 00:46:55.775 Basically, you want to make sure if you can swing things financially, you wanna reflect within yourself how this program can help you achieve the goal that you want. 00:46:55.775 --> 00:46:59.235 You know, where do you see yourself and can this program get you there? 00:47:00.815 --> 00:47:03.075 Is this something that you can commit to? 00:47:04.335 --> 00:47:13.420 Being realistic about what time you have available to devote to it and, you know, if that's feasible for you. 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.240 We very much want you to succeed in the program. 00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:20.600 We want it as much as you want it, believe it or not. 00:47:20.600 --> 00:47:33.825 I mean, you're you're you've got this mission in your life and when you go off and you have your degree, just think of the ripple effect that you create all of the people that you're going to help. 00:47:34.205 --> 00:47:38.980 And, it's such a beautiful thing, and we're so happy to be part of that. 00:47:40.160 --> 00:47:43.920 And so we just ask that you reflect on these things. 00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:50.255 And, and if you're ready, then we can get to that application. 00:47:50.555 --> 00:47:52.795 And, Michelle, did you have anything to add? 00:47:52.795 --> 00:47:57.755 I did wanna answer ask, someone had asked, you know, and I did come back to them personally. 00:47:57.755 --> 00:48:02.475 But, you know, this is often true that if you're gonna start a master's, and a lot of people do. 00:48:02.475 --> 00:48:06.240 And they've been out of school for fifteen years, and maybe their GPA wasn't quite there. 00:48:06.540 --> 00:48:09.020 So a lot of times, we can accept people conditionally. 00:48:09.020 --> 00:48:12.000 You still got a lot of wisdom that you've gained over that time. 00:48:12.140 --> 00:48:16.880 And then as long as you hold a certain grade point average that first eight weeks, you go forward. 00:48:17.835 --> 00:48:35.070 On the one slide, as far as the TOEFL or the other test, that is usually for people who maybe English is not their first language, but yet, you know, they have been predominantly speaking English, and they've taken English courses. 00:48:35.070 --> 00:48:41.150 But, again, we don't wanna put people in a program server they're gonna head where they're gonna, you know, not enjoy what they're doing. 00:48:41.150 --> 00:48:42.370 So that's very important. 00:48:42.510 --> 00:48:54.225 And sometimes if your grade point average is way, way, way low, doctor Julia Clousley, who's the head of the program, you know, she will talk with you and say, why don't we do this, see how it goes? 00:48:54.225 --> 00:49:09.400 Because, again again, when you've been out of school for a long time and sometimes from an online perspective but the good thing is the orientation kinda really gets you going like you're riding a bike, that you can have the opportunity to learn something and and really do well in it. 00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:15.165 And, I saw the bob of the head from, Jerome. 00:49:15.165 --> 00:49:23.085 He had an amazing cohort, and they all made a pact when they first started that they would never ever let anybody leave the program. 00:49:23.085 --> 00:49:26.370 They would always cheerlead them on and help them and talk to one another. 00:49:26.450 --> 00:49:32.690 And that's the joy of chats and getting to really it's amazing how close people can get in an online program. 00:49:32.690 --> 00:49:39.830 So that's all I have to say about that, but I just wanted to make sure that everybody knows, you know, the opportunity. 00:49:39.890 --> 00:49:43.935 And I know that Michelle's been saying things about sending slides. 00:49:43.995 --> 00:49:46.635 I don't know that we do that unless that's something new that I've done. 00:49:46.635 --> 00:49:52.815 But when, we have links that has every bit of this on our online as well. 00:49:52.875 --> 00:49:56.610 But whatever we need to make a decision, she's gonna help you do. 00:49:56.690 --> 00:50:01.170 But, we wanna make sure that, again, you're getting into the right program. 00:50:01.170 --> 00:50:02.050 That's the bottom line. 00:50:02.050 --> 00:50:06.290 That's why we do an admissions interview that's a little different than a lot of other people. 00:50:06.290 --> 00:50:08.630 So thanks again for everyone joining tonight. 00:50:11.375 --> 00:50:11.855 Alright. 00:50:11.855 --> 00:50:12.835 Thank you, Michelle. 00:50:13.615 --> 00:50:14.095 Alright. 00:50:14.095 --> 00:50:25.700 So with that, here's my contact information, and I did promise you to add, Sharif Bennett's information in the chat as well. 00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:34.480 She is my we're we're both, admissions advisers for the master's in psychology program, and we're here to help. 00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:39.595 So whatever you need, any questions that you have, this is what we do. 00:50:39.595 --> 00:50:40.895 We love what we do. 00:50:41.515 --> 00:50:48.415 And, thank you so much for taking your time and for suffering through the flu here. 00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:59.000 Alright, so I will take anybody's information that's in the chat and I'll I'll get back to you with whatever you need. 00:50:59.220 --> 00:50:59.540 Okay. 00:50:59.540 --> 00:51:00.100 Hey, Drew. 00:51:00.100 --> 00:51:00.600 Drone. 00:51:01.540 --> 00:51:02.040 Yep. 00:51:02.995 --> 00:51:03.495 Yep. 00:51:03.795 --> 00:51:08.195 Tell everybody where the four people are that were in your cohort and what they're doing for a living. 00:51:08.195 --> 00:51:09.895 This gives you idea of the diversity. 00:51:10.675 --> 00:51:11.395 Oh, gosh. 00:51:11.395 --> 00:51:12.995 I mean, they they range everywhere. 00:51:12.995 --> 00:51:23.320 We have we have someone who actually after the program, in Africa, she was promoted and she's in charge of she's the director of programs, I think, for her parish. 00:51:24.100 --> 00:51:27.620 We have a priest in New York. 00:51:27.620 --> 00:51:30.935 We have one in Virginia, who we pray for. 00:51:30.935 --> 00:51:32.315 He's currently ill. 00:51:33.015 --> 00:51:36.955 We have a physical therapist in Texas, myself in technology. 00:51:37.495 --> 00:51:38.135 We're everywhere. 00:51:38.135 --> 00:51:41.835 And we have, another one who's studying, I think, first, to become a chaplain. 00:51:42.130 --> 00:51:45.730 I don't know if he's finished yet, but he's, he's actually out near Michelle. 00:51:45.730 --> 00:51:47.430 So very close cohort. 00:51:47.490 --> 00:51:49.670 We saw some of each other at Indianapolis. 00:51:49.810 --> 00:51:52.310 We'd only seen other seen each other twice. 00:51:52.530 --> 00:51:55.165 And that second time, it's like, we didn't skip a beat. 00:51:55.165 --> 00:52:01.405 I mean, it's really, I think the advantage of of going back to school is also the connections that you that you make in your cohort. 00:52:01.405 --> 00:52:03.985 And these are lifelong friends, I really feel. 00:52:06.060 --> 00:52:06.540 That's awesome. 00:52:06.540 --> 00:52:12.480 That's why I started an alumni association because a lot of times what happens is we'll get together regionally with people. 00:52:12.540 --> 00:52:16.880 And we have a lot of people that donate to us to help us award you scholarships. 00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:30.885 So a lot of times, they'll pay for a dinner or a brunch or something, and we have the opportunity for all of acceptance rate. 00:52:31.025 --> 00:52:32.485 It's actually question. 00:52:32.625 --> 00:52:32.865 Yeah. 00:52:32.865 --> 00:52:50.445 It's pretty high simply because of the fact that we do what we do as far as making sure that the recommendations come in, making sure that you have the opportunity to test if if there's, you know, something that you feel like you're not comfortable with, and also the opportunity to get conditionally accepted. 00:52:51.225 --> 00:52:55.705 You know, if you know, I guess the only reason sometimes people don't is they don't follow through. 00:52:55.705 --> 00:53:00.105 They don't get everything done and get the opportunity to get in and get their orientation done. 00:53:00.105 --> 00:53:03.210 But you have a lot of support, but you have to have the drive as well. 00:53:04.890 --> 00:53:14.170 So Just one thing before I mean, I I wanted to mention it earlier, but recently, I I found myself looking for additional roles and additional jobs. 00:53:14.170 --> 00:53:24.005 And because of this degree, I found where normally I would just be in technology, I found the amount of amount of jobs that I could apply for were, like, wide open. 00:53:24.305 --> 00:53:36.350 Had I chosen to switch into a different career, maybe one more focused in church ministry or diocesan work, This degree has completely set me up for that, if if I so chose to pivot in that direction. 00:53:36.350 --> 00:53:42.290 So a much wider and broader sort of career path is now available to me as an MSP graduate. 00:53:43.150 --> 00:53:46.270 And Trish has a question here, which is a great question, Trish. 00:53:46.270 --> 00:53:50.585 And that is, are most students several years out of college or some new graduates? 00:53:51.525 --> 00:53:57.765 You know, we don't have as many coming directly out of a bachelor's and into a master's, but we have quite a few. 00:53:57.765 --> 00:54:13.180 And a lot of you, if you were affiliated at all with FOCUS and you're with them, as soon as you get out of school, a lot of times you do go ahead and come forward because you get a really nice, tuition reduction because of a a an arrangement we have with them. 00:54:13.400 --> 00:54:17.105 But is the average age of students spring chickens? 00:54:17.105 --> 00:54:17.765 Not necessarily. 00:54:17.985 --> 00:54:22.865 But there's a joy about that because you're you're working with people who have wisdom, you know, on legs. 00:54:22.865 --> 00:54:30.300 You know, they've had a lot of life experience, and they just make such a and and I Jerome and I both love this. 00:54:30.300 --> 00:54:31.660 We've known each other for a long time. 00:54:31.660 --> 00:54:33.420 I'm the one who helped him through the program. 00:54:33.420 --> 00:54:42.845 But I think the bottom line is you have such a passion for it because of the fact that you are mature, and you mature a great deal going through this degree. 00:54:43.065 --> 00:54:46.445 So and I'm not a spring chicken, so I'm allowed to say that. 00:54:47.705 --> 00:54:50.425 And then there is a question on the deadline to start. 00:54:50.425 --> 00:54:52.125 The next start is when, Michelle? 00:54:52.830 --> 00:54:54.050 May 21. 00:54:54.990 --> 00:54:56.770 So I think it's May 7. 00:54:57.150 --> 00:55:00.690 Don't quote me on that, but it's around there. 00:55:00.750 --> 00:55:06.350 But I think the best piece of advice that Michelle gave you and and it took me a while to learn this as an admissions person. 00:55:06.350 --> 00:55:09.295 Once you decide, just go through and get it done. 00:55:09.295 --> 00:55:10.495 Get those letters in. 00:55:10.495 --> 00:55:12.655 Get that financial aid in so you go, oh my gosh. 00:55:12.655 --> 00:55:15.475 I'm eligible for this scholarship or I'm eligible for that one. 00:55:15.695 --> 00:55:19.235 And get started on that, orientation. 00:55:20.060 --> 00:55:23.500 And then now they do have they just have something that they didn't have with your own. 00:55:23.500 --> 00:55:26.240 You actually have those, online orientations. 00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:26.940 What is it? 00:55:26.940 --> 00:55:29.440 The first or second week class that you have that, Michelle? 00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:32.800 Or the first The first week. 00:55:32.995 --> 00:55:33.155 Uh-huh. 00:55:33.155 --> 00:55:35.895 And you get to everybody in the cohort. 00:55:36.675 --> 00:55:38.215 It is usually on a Saturday. 00:55:38.355 --> 00:55:40.595 You have two choices of it that is mandatory. 00:55:40.595 --> 00:55:44.935 It's probably the only mandatory time we'd have to be there except for certain, you know, due dates. 00:55:45.210 --> 00:55:50.330 But I do believe, another question that came up is how many people are average in each core? 00:55:50.330 --> 00:55:54.270 It will range anywhere from 25 to 30, usually about 28. 00:55:54.330 --> 00:55:56.110 It's a really nice sized class. 00:55:56.730 --> 00:56:04.305 I know when I was in admissions, I would send the, bio, the first instructor, and then you get to know who all your people are. 00:56:04.605 --> 00:56:10.625 And, it it whether there's a will, there's a way because we want the right people to go through this program. 00:56:11.565 --> 00:56:11.965 Yeah. 00:56:11.965 --> 00:56:13.965 Great questions from everybody tonight. 00:56:13.965 --> 00:56:14.705 Good job. 00:56:15.600 --> 00:56:16.100 Yeah. 00:56:16.640 --> 00:56:20.960 And they honestly for the, I've learned a lot. 00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:22.660 I I came from a different section. 00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:27.780 I've been with DMU for over three years, but I came from another area. 00:56:28.125 --> 00:56:29.725 And so I'm learning as well. 00:56:30.525 --> 00:56:37.665 There are orientations and they literally will walk you through the platforms and what's expected. 00:56:37.805 --> 00:56:42.150 You're going to know exactly what you need to do and when you need to do it. 00:56:42.230 --> 00:56:47.130 And the faculty, the staff, they're amazing. 00:56:47.270 --> 00:56:48.330 They're super helpful. 00:56:48.870 --> 00:56:53.370 And that that help that Michelle is referring to is absolutely there. 00:56:53.430 --> 00:56:54.710 You're never at a loss. 00:56:54.710 --> 00:56:56.970 If you want help, you will get help. 00:56:57.855 --> 00:56:58.595 Believe me. 00:56:59.215 --> 00:57:07.555 I was, like, trying to figure out the program and and what a student needed to do and when, and I I received so much help with that. 00:57:07.855 --> 00:57:20.190 And so, there is one more honestly, we hang up, and that's Tammy asking about she's, doing something to advocate for marriage in the village, and that would be very supportive in some of these course works. 00:57:20.190 --> 00:57:22.210 And you're an RN and a BSN. 00:57:22.270 --> 00:57:35.455 I have a a very favorite graduate out in, Arizona who took the degree for some of those very same reasons, but she she was dealing things in the hospital that she didn't think she'd ever be dealing with. 00:57:35.835 --> 00:57:41.330 And, so we do see that a lot of people who are in the medical field will indeed go forward. 00:57:41.330 --> 00:57:47.670 And that's what the depth depth of the psychology really helps you to learn how to manage those kinds of situations. 00:57:47.890 --> 00:57:55.250 And I used to be in nursing admissions, so I really feel very close to people who are going on and getting additional education in nursing. 00:57:55.250 --> 00:57:59.515 It's, It's, quite a commitment, especially with all the craziness of the last few years. 00:57:59.515 --> 00:58:00.975 So that's a great question. 00:58:02.475 --> 00:58:02.975 Yeah. 00:58:05.595 --> 00:58:05.995 Alright. 00:58:05.995 --> 00:58:12.580 So anybody that left information, we have collected that and, we will return responses to you. 00:58:12.880 --> 00:58:22.020 If you would like, a particular slide that you would want to see or links to any of those things, I have those available as well. 00:58:23.025 --> 00:58:23.525 Alright. 00:58:23.985 --> 00:58:27.505 We really are so happy that you took your time and sat with us. 00:58:27.505 --> 00:58:31.285 And thanks to Jerome for sharing his great experience. 00:58:32.625 --> 00:58:36.270 It's wonderful to hear from the other side. 00:58:36.890 --> 00:58:42.490 And then Michelle with her all of her expertise over the years, she's a great asset. 00:58:42.490 --> 00:58:51.315 If you ever had very specific questions, about, you know, what what you're doing after you have your degree. 00:58:51.315 --> 00:58:53.475 Michelle is great with all of you. 00:58:53.475 --> 00:59:01.095 God bless each of you and you have a beautiful year with lots of joy and, we'd love to be part of your life if this is a good fit for you. 00:59:08.510 --> 00:59:08.670 Alright. 00:59:08.670 --> 00:59:09.230 Oh, Dawn. 00:59:09.230 --> 00:59:10.850 I was muted that whole time. 00:59:11.710 --> 00:59:12.530 So sorry. 00:59:13.630 --> 00:59:14.450 That's okay. 00:59:15.470 --> 00:59:17.010 Have a great evening, everyone. 00:59:18.005 --> 00:59:22.345 I was just saying thanks, Jerome, for all of your expertise and Michelle, you as well. 00:59:23.525 --> 00:59:24.805 He actually did hear you. 00:59:24.805 --> 00:59:24.885 Yeah. 00:59:24.885 --> 00:59:25.445 We heard you. 00:59:25.445 --> 00:59:25.945 Yeah. 00:59:26.245 --> 00:59:27.065 Oh my goodness. 00:59:27.845 --> 00:59:28.345 Technology. 00:59:28.885 --> 00:59:29.865 Thank you, everybody. 00:59:31.125 --> 00:59:31.625 Bye. 00:59:31.845 --> 00:59:32.585 See you.